diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DAOImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DAOImpl.java
index 0f006766fd..c33e6213f6 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DAOImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DAOImpl.java
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import org.jooq.Table;
 import org.jooq.TableField;
 import org.jooq.UniqueKey;
 import org.jooq.UpdatableRecord;
+import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
 
 /**
  * A common base implementation for generated DAO's.
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ public abstract class DAOImpl<R extends UpdatableRecord<R>, P, T> implements DAO
         return configuration;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final Settings settings() {
+        return Utils.settings(configuration());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final SQLDialect dialect() {
         return Utils.configuration(configuration()).dialect();